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Double Lamp

ca. 1500-1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This bronze double lamp is made by the workshop of Severo da Ravenna in ca. 1500-1550 in Padua, Italy.
The lamp with a tripod stand (addition) has a standing putto finial, which is not original.

Severo da Ravenna or Severo di Domenico Calzetta da Ravenna was an Italian sculptor, active ca. 1496, who died in ca. 1543. His father was probably a sculptor and he may have been related to the two painters of the same name working in the circle of Mantegna in Padua: Pietro Calzetta and Francesco Calzetta. Severo might have divided his time between Padua, Ferrara and Ravenna, where he was first recorded in 1496.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Double Lamp
  • Base
  • Double Lamp
  • Double Lamp
  • Base
Materials and techniques
Cast bronze
Brief description
Bronze double lamp and base with a standing putto finial (not original), workshop of Severo da Ravenna, Italy, about 1500-50
Physical description
Bronze double lamp with tripod stand (addition) a standing putto finial (not original)
Dimensions
  • Height: 11in
  • Width: 6.5in
  • Depth: 6in
Object history
Historical significance: Several other similar versions exist, including one in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Subjects depicted
Summary
This bronze double lamp is made by the workshop of Severo da Ravenna in ca. 1500-1550 in Padua, Italy.
The lamp with a tripod stand (addition) has a standing putto finial, which is not original.

Severo da Ravenna or Severo di Domenico Calzetta da Ravenna was an Italian sculptor, active ca. 1496, who died in ca. 1543. His father was probably a sculptor and he may have been related to the two painters of the same name working in the circle of Mantegna in Padua: Pietro Calzetta and Francesco Calzetta. Severo might have divided his time between Padua, Ferrara and Ravenna, where he was first recorded in 1496.
Bibliographic reference
Inventory of Art Objects Acquired in the Year 1857. In: Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, Arranged According to the Dates of their Acquisition. Vol I. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 23.
Collection
Accession number
4410:1, 2-1857

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Record createdAugust 27, 2004
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